Reflection

 Title:

Wife jailed for more than five years after leaving man to die in his own waste

Author: Stuff - Catrin Owen and Edward Gray

Genre: Article

Recap: A man was killed via manslaughter because of his wife at the time and his wife wouldn't let his kids see him before his murder and throughout their lives. the man was killed by his wife and his children were mad as expected because their dad was killed after his wife tried to shut them out of their lives. The wife was jailed for more than five years because of this and justice was definitely served.

Title:

Five economic issues for the new National leader Chris Luxon to tackle

Author: Stuff - Dileepa Fonseka

Genre: Article

Recap:

From what I read it was talking about the new National Party leader Chris Luxon and the economic issue he will have to face and the things he will need to do to get National back at the top of parliament.

It was talking about post lockdown and the economy being different and how everyone knows that something is needed to happen to stop an economic crash. They said China's leader has already talked about it and how China is making changes to help them too.

The next few years are going to be tough for the economy and it will be hard for to Nation to get back on top.

Treaty of Waitangi Essay

 

In 1830 there were 100,000 Māori and 100 Europeans living in New Zealand. The behavior of the Whalers, the Missionaries’ desire to help protect Māori rights, and the Musket Wars were reasons that a treaty was needed. The Declaration of Independence was another contributing factor to the need for a treaty.

One reason that a treaty was needed was the lawless behavior of some of the British Settlers like whalers. This was important because there were only 200 British and 300 whalers and sailors. While they weren’t always on land for a long time when they were they would party and live lawlessly because of this. Many sailors were out at sea for months at a time and when they got on land everyone knew. When they would arrive on land they would party and get into fights and illegal behavior. All of this mayhem was happening in the small town of Kororakeka or current day Russell. Because of this Kororakeka gained the nickname the hell hole of the pacific. Many Maori thought that a treaty could help solve this problem and this actually became one of the reasons many Maori chiefs signed the treaty as it made laws and restrictions to stop this.

Another reason that a treaty was needed was to protect Māori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the missionaries. Missionaries had good relationships with the Maori people but they needed to keep good relations to be able to spread their religions. They went and taught Maori how to use many new types of equipment and way of life. They would teach reading and writing to Maori people as well which helped Maori understand them more. The missionaries were worried that Maori land was going to be taken and that the behavior of the whalers could cause people to die. The Missionaries ended up helping Maori get their right and brought land for them. The relationship between Maori and Missionaries would become a big reason why many Maoris would end up signing the treaty.

Another reason that a treaty was needed was the Musket Wars. The Musket Wars caused many deaths as over 20,000 lost their lives. Land borders were changed drastically because of these wars. These wars cause many Maori to be enslaved and taken by other tribes who had more muskets than the other tribe making them more powerful. Maori tribes would get muskets via the trade of food and flax. These musket trades gave Maori new weapons which they could use in war and whoever had the most muskets where probably more likely to win. After Nga Puhi traded for muskets a spike in musket trades happened as everyone wanted muskets this would cause many wars and for tribal boundaries to change so much, this was unusual in the 1800s. When these trades happened this cause many deaths to Maori which would then become a reason for the European population in New Zealand to grow. Maori people were becoming scared and now because of this many thought, a treaty would help this issue and stop many deaths to Maori.

The final reason that a treaty was needed was the existence of the Declaration of Independence. What was the Declaration of Independence? Interestingly the Declaration of Independence has caused Maori to do many things such as now being able to trade with other countries. This would cause Maori to have Aotearoa considered as a country. Maori would be able to have control of the land too. The declaration caused Maori to finally have the land and protection be theirs. It also gave them freedom because if it failed they would have the Crown as a backup as the king would gain ownership if anything goes wrong. This would boost the relationship between the Crown and Maori. This was big for the treaty signing.

In conclusion, a treaty was needed because of the sailer/whalers, keeping relations between the Missionaries and Maori, for the musket wars to end, and for the Declaration of Independence to work better. This would make New Zealand closer together and they would now have better connections with each other and the rest of the world. This would also help them with things such as law and help them make their own government. The most significant point would be the Declaration of Independence as this would help the Crown get closer to this land and have a sense of ownership but this would also give Maori better rights of living, safety, and better ownership of their land. This treaty allowed us to do many things and we could live with the Maori people this would also allow Maori to have a voice. If the treaty was written later it may be very different. I personally think well things turned out ok in the end, the history of it wasn’t good and that it would be different if it was made at a later date. We learned that while the treaty was a good thing, many of the things written in the treaty were not upheld and many people involved in the signing were aware of this. The treaty was important for New Zealand and its history but in the future, I think the treaty will be upheld and that everyone will end up liking the treaty. The Treaty of Waitangi is an important part in New Zealand history and I think everyone should be aware of this.

Aliens Reasearch - Where would aliens live

 Aim: To make a habitat/world map of a place aliens could live

Equipment: Cardboard, paint, paintbrush, paper, scissors, glue. Paper plates, newspaper

Method: 

1. Cut the cardboard into a rectangular shape.

2. Glue a white piece of paper to the cardboard.

3. get out the paint and paint the paper how you want your world to look.

4. Make a UFO by getting paper plates out

5. cut paper plates to the size you want.

6. scrunch paper on top of the paper plates.

7. Paint the UFO.

8. Add more detail if wanted.

Research: 

It seems that no one actually knows what an alien planet would look like if they even exist. Many people seem to share a similar idea of what an alien planet would look like. Most people believe that the planet would have to be fairly similar to earth in the fact it has land and liquid of some sort (mainly water). Some people predict that the planet would look something like this

Results:

Discussion:

Conclusion:

Should the Treaty of Waitangi be celebrated

 Hi Guys!

Recently I have researched about the treaty of Waitangi and if it could actually still be celebrated.

There were a lot of things that happened over the times of the treaty being signed to now. There was a lot of controversy surrounding this topic as many people believed that it should be celebrated but there were also many people saying it shouldn't be celebrated.

One argument in a video I saw was saying the things written on the treaty didn't happen such as Maori getting equal rights with the Europeans coming into the countries. This can be seen multiple times throughout history and even now things liken pay and opportunity isn't equal. There are also stats such as Maori only taking up 15% of the population but they are 51% of prisoners in the country. They are 27% of the unemployed kiwis, and 61% of children taken into state care are Maori. This proves that the treaty may not have been fair as not everyone has equality.

Watch the video here

There are some positives though, as Maori tribes will be considered as citizens under the country and the British Crown. They won't lose all their land but are able to sell it to the Crown. But overall the idea was that the Maori people could keep sovereignty over the land.

Overall the ideas of the treaty were not completely upheld and well I do still think that people should at least commemorate the idea and the people that died to get what they had been wanting. But I wouldn't be surprised if the country nation day was changed or if the treaty is finally upheld.

BYE!

US Governement and Native American treaties

Hi Guys!

Recently in social studies, we have been learning about different treaties. we had to choose one to study on. The one I choose to go and research was the US Government and Native American treaties which were very important. 

Here is my presentation:

This should teach you a little bit more about the US Government and Native American treaties.

BYE!

Volcano - Olympus Mons

Team

Tobey, Lincoln & Chris

Aim

To make a realistic representation of a volcano.

Method

get a 750ml Water Bottle, 

Make PVA glue  by mixing flour, water, and salt (to stop it from molding)

scrunch up balls of paper dipped in PVA glue to shape the volcano

then add strips of paper on top,

make it smooth and then paint it.

Our goal is to make it resemble Olympus Mons on Mars.

Research

Our volcano is on the planet Mars, we chose it because it is the biggest volcano in our solar system, it erupted twenty-five million years ago. The volcano is a shield volcano so the magma slowly flows up and flows down the sides of the volcano.

Results

Our Volcano

Our volcano eruption: 

Olympus Mons

Population of NZ throughout the years 1836-1901 Maori vs European

Recently in Social Studies, we have been looking at the population data in NZ.

Here is the graph I made of it: 

What does this graph show us? This shows us that over time the Maori population dropped and the European population went up. This would mean that over time the population of New Zealand became majority from Europe.

 
Why do you think the number of Maori changed?
The amount of Maori changed because they were dying due to the introduction of diseases and they were killed by Europeans throughout wars and while they were taking away their land.
 
Why do you think the numbers of Europeans changed?
Because the land was sold to the Europeans bringing them over to New Zealand. They would of course have children and their children would have kids since they had way better-living conditions than Maori’s

BYE!